Belize Weather Forecast: February 24, 2016

General Situation:
Belize NMS:
A cold front will cross the country late this evening. Windy and cool conditions expected in the wake of a cold front.
Advisories:*A small craft warning will likely go into effect tonight*24-hour forecast:
Mostly sunny this morning with little or no rainfall... Becoming increasingly cloudy this afternoon with a few showers and isolated thundestorms mainly inland and in the north at first then spreading to coastal areas late this evening. Partly cloudy skies tonight and sunny skies with a few cloudy spells tomorrow morning with little or no rainfall. Skies will become cloudy tomorrow evening with a few showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly inland and in the north.
Winds:
Light and variable this morning, becoming north to northwest at 5-15 knots this afternoon and north to northwest at 15-25 knots with higher gusts tonight.
Marine Forecast: Today:
Winds: Variable less than 5kts becoming N-NW 5-15 kt.; seas: Choppy.; waves: 3-4 ft.; little or no rainfall this moring with a few showers and isolated thunderstorms late this evening.
Tomorrow:
Winds: N-NW 15-25 kts.; seas: Rough.; waves: 5-7 ft.; light rain decreasing in the extreme south; little or no rain elsewhere.
Marine Outlook:
Thursday night:- Winds: N-NE 10-20 kts with occasional higher gusts.; seas: Moderate - rough.; waves: 4-7 ft.; little or no rainfall.
Sea Surface Temp (°F): 78
General Outlook:
For Thursday and Thursday night is for variably cloudy, windy and cool weather with little or no rainfall.
Tropical Weather Outlook:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico.

Caribbean Forecast:
A cold frontal boundary will extend southwestward from the northeast coast of the United States to Central America on Thursday. As this frontal boundary transitions eastward, it will initiate rain and isolated thunderstorms across most of Central America, Cuba, The Bahamas and Haiti. There will also be chances of isolated showers over the southeastern corner of Mexico. San Pedro Sula, Honduras, is forecast to receive between 5 to 15 millimeters of rain with a high of 73(F)/ 22(C). Nassau, Bahamas, will have a chance of showers throughout the morning with a high of 78(F)/ 25(C). High pressure will settle in west of the frontal boundary over eastern Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. This ridge of high pressure should keep conditions quiet across most of Mexico. Mexico City, Mexico, will be sunny with a high of 78(F)/ 25(C). Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, will also be sunny with a high of 83(F)/ 28(C).

There is a bubble of cooler air coming down from the Gulf, which appears to be clashing with Caribbean winds coming from the SE over Honduras, resulting in fog or cloud cover over much of northern Belize at present. The high Level Pacific air from the SW appears to be having little or no effect at present. But the bubble of cool air over most of the Gulf, is causing lines of cloud over southern Mexico and the Yucatan. This is likely to move further south. No rain is showing up on the radar as yet in Yucatan, but it might cause some rain later this evening.

Looks like the present sun in southern Belize and some other parts, will likely become cloudier during the day, presently no indication of rain, but there could be by this evening.